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Aug
Are your files too big to send via email? Three possible alternatives…
It's generally accepted that a message size of around 20MB is too large to send via email, and you'll find in lots of cases that mail servers will actually refuse to accept files that are this big.
There are, however, many servers that don't limit the message size, which means if you try and share that high-quality 150MB video of your cat performing Dancing Queen, both your network and the recipient's will work overtime trying to deal with it.
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MDaemon
Another week, another set of new features to look at in the beta version of MDaemon version 13.
Let's look at one of the more useful business features of MDaemon, the ability to capture email arriving on group email address such as sales@ and support@, and storing them directly into public folders. This feature allows a group of sales or support staff to monitor the public folders and take ownership of the emails, sharing the workload.
One of the more common customers support calls i get relates to MDaemon suddenly sending vast amounts of spam email. This floods the outbound Internet connection and everything crawls to a halt.
Secondary to this the server's public IP address can get listed on various external SMTP blacklists which the customer then has to request removal from.
I mentioned ActiveSync policies in 
Over the last few weeks I've been experimenting with the latest Beta editions of MDaemon version 13 and thought it'd be beneficial to share some of the great new up and coming features you can expect to see in the release.
Just before I wet your appetite with the first of them - don't forget, if you're interested in getting involved in the MDaemon beta test process you can apply to join the community by registering 
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Some of our most common MDaemon support enquiries we get relate to users receiving spam.
Typically the amount of spam has either suddenly increased and there is a flood of junk messages or its just a specific message that looks to be obviously spam but has somehow made its way through.
Before picking up the phone to support you might find it useful to follow this simple guide to find out why MDaemon has not treated this message quite as expected.
Last week Neil and I traded our keyboards and mice for a transit van filled with exhibition equipment, half a tonne of assorted promotional items and a rainy afternoon on the M4. Our mission, to capture the attentions of a good chunk of the 12,500 attendees to